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Newsletter 318 - 26/11/2021
than 1 in 5 respondents saw a significant benefit from the government’s energy support package... has fallen to an all-time low since the party was elected to power more than two years ago... campaigns that saw a variety of Greek media outlets receive more than 40 million euros in total
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Papandreou boasts strong backing as KINAL gears up to elect new leader
PoliticsGreek Politicsvotes, and there is a sense that he would be more amenable than other hopefuls to the prospect.... This would be the case if any candidate were to gain more than 50 pct of the vote this weekend... in November 2017, around 210,000 people voted in the first round and more than 155,000 in the run-off vote
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Health service weakness highlighted as Covid deaths hit record high and research points to ICU disparity
PoliticsGreek Politicsof them dying. According to the research, if there are more than 400 intubated patients, the chances... increases, the experts found. If there are more than 800 intubated patients, the mortality rises by 57 pct..., patients who are intubated in hospitals outside of Attica are 35 to 40 pct more likely to die than
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Tsipras issues rare MP ouster, focusses on pinning ND down over ICU data
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the Covid mortality rate in hospitals outside Athens was found to be much higher than in the capital..., rather than coffins” – a reference to the Mati fire, which resulted in more than 100 deaths when
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Mitsotakis targets inflation on path to elections in 2023
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the second instalment of the minimum wage increase will be implemented on May 1, which is earlier than... popularity than the pandemic. The 2 pct increase at the beginning of the year took the gross monthly... that “the situation in Greece will be better in 2023 than it is now.” “Because I believe that things
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Strong surplus in Nov as travel balance nears year-end with 58.6 pct of 2019 intakes, 46.7 pct of arrivals
EconomyMacroeconomyon the travel front continues to be encouraging – apart from rising by more than five times compared to the 33.3-million-euros figure of last year, the November 2021 data is even higher than the 108.8 million... expenditure per trip increased by 25.6 percent, to 495.3 euros, and significantly higher than the 308.4
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Newsletter 327 - 11/02/2022
escalating popularity, more than doubling its share of voting intentions since October. During the same... for population, Greece is currently reporting more than twice as many deaths as the EU average. PM... into February. This means the government has committed more than 2 billion euros to help consumers pay
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Govt moving ahead with social security fund overhaul despite opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the rate at which pension applications were approved, leading to more than 225,000 new pensions... of up to 8,134 euros and requiring fewer qualifications than would have been demanded if they were... property portfolio, which reportedly contains assets worth more than 1 billion euros. SYRIZA’s reaction
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High prices top list of political concerns as dissatisfaction bubbles under surface
PoliticsGreek Politics, meaning there has been a decline of more than five points in the last seven months. The recent... for ND and 17.2 pct for SYRIZA. The main opposition party, though, is much stronger than KINAL among... interests. No institution in Greece, from 18 listed, garners more than 50 pct trust. The list is topped
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The Parable of the Populists and the Contemplatives
Agorafaster than operating expenses and the interest on the debt, then a “profit” results and the surplus..., the Contemplatives appeal to reason. But because reason is more difficult than emotion.... As a result, they explain, the kids will be much richer than the parents and they can easily pay
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